Aloe Barbadensis Flower Extract

Aloe barbadensis flower extract is an emollient and antioxidant extract derived from the flowers of Aloe vera (or Aloe barbadensis - it’s the same plant).

According to recent research, Aloe flowers have been shown to be a rich source of antioxidant flavonoids (mainly apigenin). The flower extract displays moderate anti-tyrosinase activity (resulting in a lesser amount of brown skin pigment melanin in the skin cells), but not enough to justify its use as an anti-pigment ingredient.

The flowers contain a bit of the same mucilage that forms part of the aloe vera leaf gel, and so the extract has much of the same applications as the leaf gel.